Way too many turnovers. Our PGs combined for NO POINTS and 3 assists (!!!!), but still if I'm D'Antoni I try to take some of the ball handling load off Kobe when he's sick.

"The first time I ever saw my uniform hanging in the locker I put it on right away, and it just felt like I was putting on golden armour. From that day forward, I just called it 'the golden armour', it just felt like there was something mystical and magical about it" - Kobe Bryant.

Every time I begin to ask, "Is he really as great as I think he is?" ...He proves that he is.Every time I begin to wonder...He proves it...That is why I won't lose hope in him.You know who I am talking about.

Despite the turnovers, Kobe is just a mensch. 40 points while sick, and basically singlehandedly carrying the team once again. Everyone else should be embarrassed, especially D12 for making only 25% of his FT's. That's much, much worse than Kobe's 10 turnovers. Some of those turnovers were blown calls by the official. What's D12's excuse for letting his entire team down with those FT's? And it became contagious as well. The turnovers weren't that devastating considering Indiana shot like 35% on the night. But the missed free throws absolutely cost us that game.

Ok ... problem I have with this is: it seems there is an pattern ... whenever Kobe has a good scoring game we tend to lose, and rest of the team is shut down ... you guys might think that it is because they are playing like crap and Kobe steps up ... I am of a different opinion ... Kobe-ball has never led us anywhere and it won't change

score half team's points, shoot better than the team, post a points per possession better than everyone else, hit clutch shots, watch his teammates brick four FTs to win the game

What I saw was Kobe's TOs and shots without passing in several possessions made his teammates out of sync.

He made them out of sync? Isn't that ridiculous? He affected them so horribly that they couldn't hit FTs? They were just mentally shaken, shell-shocked, discombobulated?

Suppose you're right. Why did Dwight hit 7 of 10 FGs? Immune to being out of sync on FGs? Why did Gasol EXCEED his season Points per Possession?

But I don't think you are right. Because even if Kobe consumed multiple possessions in a row, over the course of the game, here is a list of players who got roughly as many possessions per minute this game as they do on the season:

Dwight, Gasol, MWP, Jamison (well above), Meeks.

You're offering a classic Easy Explanation. It doesn't fly. It doesn't jibe with the numbers.

score half team's points, shoot better than the team, post a points per possession better than everyone else, hit clutch shots, watch his teammates brick four FTs to win the game

What I saw was Kobe's TOs and shots without passing in several possessions made his teammates out of sync.

He made them out of sync? Isn't that ridiculous? He affected them so horribly that they couldn't hit FTs? They were just mentally shaken, shell-shocked, discombobulated?

Suppose you're right. Why did Dwight hit 7 of 10 FGs? Immune to being out of sync on FGs? Why did Gasol EXCEED his season Points per Possession?

But I don't think you are right. Because even if Kobe consumed multiple possessions in a row, over the course of the game, here is a list of players who got roughly as many possessions per minute this game as they do on the season:

Dwight, Gasol, MWP, Jamison (well above), Meeks.

You're offering a classic Easy Explanation. It doesn't fly. It doesn't jibe with the numbers.

Well without ball movement his teammates tend to stand and watch. What I saw was Kobe started dribbling from halfcourt go directly to the key shoot or lose the ball penetrating in several sequences. I thought that made his teammates second guess themselves. You can spew all the numbers you want on how his teammates didn't perform but Kobe lonewolfing again threw the team's offense in disarray again.

Well, you can simply say the same thing over and over. It doesn't make it true.

Kobe was largely praised in Gameday throughout the first quarter...when he turned it over a lot, shot a lot, and pulled the team back into the game while his teammates did nothing. And that was right from the start. Were they simply awestruck that he was playing and so they became passive right from the start? Your proposed explanation doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

I agree that Kobe should have dribbled less. No doubt about it. But I don't put any significant portion of this loss on Kobe.